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Small Business: Surfers flee Microsoft's hard knocks; Explorer's security gaps prompt users to defect; Firefox leads as alternative.: Byline: Jeremy Quittner Browsing the web is an integral part of what GTK Marketing Group's 15 employees do every day. Last June, unfortunately, someone at the Brooklyn-based company accidentally imported a virus that quickly spread to all of the f Byline: Jeremy Quittner...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, security, small business, virus, Web browser; Research articles 2005-04-04
Vernier Networks Releases Immediate Security Update for Systems Susceptible to the Latest Internet Explorer VML Flaw: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Vernier Networks today announced that the company has made available an immediate security update that will give customers the ability to remediate all network systems that are susceptible to the latest Internet Explorer Vector Markup Language VML vulnerability.; Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Vernier Networks; Research articles 2006-09-28
SMBs Feeling Patch Management Pain From Microsoft's Recent Internet Explorer Security Vulnerabilities; On-demand Security Vendor Alert Logic Available To Comment on Effects of Multiple Patches and Microsoft's Fixes on SMBs: WHAT: A series of new vulnerabilities to Microsoft Internet Explorer recently made public has again caused a great deal of confusion among business owners and IT managers dealing with managing patches needed to close security holes.; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, on-demand, patch management, security, small and medium business; Research articles 2006-04-03
Tally Systems' NetCensus Identifies Repairs to Security Flaws in MS Internet Explorer Web Browser: HANOVER, N.H.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 1997--The local product recognition feature of NetCensus, the PC inventory product from Tally Systems, not only allows users to define local recognition for internally developed applications but also detect the installation of the patch correcting the security flaws in Microsoft Internet Explorer.; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Tally, Web browser; Research articles 1997-03-13
WheelGroup announces security solution for Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability: SAN ANTONIO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 1997--WheelGroup Corp. has developed a solution to the recent security vulnerability with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser "Version 3.0" -- a vulnerability which has been touted by some as potentially the most serious security hole ever exposed for enterprise computing.; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security; Research articles 1997-03-04

Internet Security Systems provides protection against security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer: ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 1997--; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security; Research articles 1997-03-05
Gauntlet Firewall First to Protect Against New Microsoft Internet Explorer and Shockwave Security Flaws: GLENWOOD, MD--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 1997--; Tags: firewall, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security; Research articles 1997-03-25
NetSolve Provides 24 x 7 Network Monitoring Solution for Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Hole: AUSTIN, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--March 10, 1997--; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, network, network monitoring, security; Research articles 1997-03-10
Microsoft to Include Cylink Information Security Technology in Internet Explorer 4.0 and Windows NT 5.0; Standards-Based Security Technology to Enable Open and Robust Security for Microsoft's Upcoming Products: SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1997--Cylink Corporation (NASDAQ:CYLK), a leading provider of information security solutions since 1984, today announced that Microsoft has licensed proposed standards-based security technology from Cylink for inclusion in Microsoft's forthcoming releases of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Windows NT 5.0.; Tags: information security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, security, security technology; Research articles 1997-09-03
Microsoft Targets Google Ad Revenues with New IE Version: Microsoft is moving ahead with version 8 of Internet Explorer, but the browser has picked up some interesting privacy features. But aside from privacy concerns, an additional consequence would be to make targeted advertising harder to achieve, which means pressure on Google, a noted Microsoft rival. by Erik Sherman; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2008-08-27

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Is Updated with New Default Options: Microsoft is offering users the up-front option of making Internet Explorer 8 their default browser, or else staying with a rival browser, as part of a Patch Tuesday update. The new version of IE 8 comes as Microsoft finds itself losing browser market-share to Firefox and other rivals, and negotiating...; Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer; News items 2009-08-11
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Support Continues, Despite Calls for Phase-Out: Microsoft will continue to support Internet Explorer 6 through April 2014, despite calls from certain portions of the online community to phase out the eight-year-old browser. Although a significant percentage of people continue to use IE 6, that number has been dropping more of the online community either adopts Internet...; Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6; News items 2009-08-12
BitDefender Issues Signature Update to Protect Users From New Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Printing Vulnerability: Researchers from BitDefender® , an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, have issued a signature update to protect users from a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. BitDefender is the first security vendor to issue an update, protecting users from targeted hacking attacks that...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, printing, vulnerability; Research articles 2008-05-21
Internet Security Systems Shields Customers from Flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player; ISS Warns That Flaws Could Be Used to Launch Successful Targeted Attacks Against Specific Individuals or Enterprises: ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX), the worldwide leader in preemptive, enterprise security, today announced that it is providing preemptive protection for flaws announced today by Microsoft in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. ISS deems five of these issues to be critical, as they can allow...; Tags: flaw, ISS, media player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media; Research articles 2006-06-13
Internet Security Systems Preemptively Protects Customers Against Critical Flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer; Flaw in Internet Explorer Allows Remote Attackers To Obtain Unauthorized Access to Affected Machines: ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX) today announced that the company has provided customers with preemptive protection for the Internet Explorer Javascript Window Object vulnerability addressed by Microsoft in today's monthly security update. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could be used to gain unauthorized access to networks...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, network; Research articles 2005-12-13
TippingPoint Provides Zero Day Protection for Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability; TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine® Service Provides Complete Protection for New Microsoft Bulletins: AUSTIN, Texas -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) and the leader in intrusion prevention, announced that it preemptively provided customers protection for all vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft today. In the case of the critical Internet Explorer IE vulnerability, TippingPoint customers were already protected from this zero day vulnerability...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, vaccine, vulnerability; Research articles 2005-07-12
IE 8 Tops Firefox, Google Chrome, Others in Browser Security Smackdown: NSS Labs tests put Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 out in front of Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome when it comes to blocking rogue sites. According to the findings, IE 8 blocks 83 percent of phishing sites, compared with 26 percent stopped by Google Chrome.In a browser security death match, Microsoft...; Tags: Google Inc., Web browser, Google Chrome, Opera Software, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari; News items 2009-08-14
IE8 Tops Firefox, Google Chrome, Others in Browser Security Smackdown: New tests from NSS Labs put Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 out in front of other browsers from Mozilla, Apple and Google when it comes to blocking rogue sites. According to the findings, IE8 blocks 83 percent of phishing sites, compared to 26 percent stopped by Google Chrome.In a browser security...; Tags: Google Inc., Web browser, Google Chrome, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari; News items 2009-08-14
Internet Security Systems Protects Customers from Microsoft Flaws and Thwarts Phishing Attempts; ISS Virtual Patch Technology Protects Customers Ahead of the Threat: ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX), the worldwide leader in preemptive, enterprise security, today announced protection for several flaws disclosed by Microsoft affecting Internet Explorer and Windows users. ISS customers have been protected from the two Internet Explorer flaws covered in Microsoft's security update, HTML Application HTA...; Tags: flaw, ISS, Microsoft Corp., phishing; Research articles 2006-04-11
Microsoft to Plug Windows Security Holes on Patch Tuesday: Microsoft is issuing 13 security bulletins next week, eight of them critical. In the batch are two critical Windows security bulletins - one for the zero-day in the Server Message Block protocol and the other for vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services.Microsoft plans to release 13...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, bulletin, Microsoft IIS Server; News items 2009-10-08